Jefferson County Circuit Clerk Anne-Marie Adams is among the speakers at the meeting.She is particularly concerned that people get to the polls on March 13 to vote in the Alabama primaries.
They are usually held in June, and she worries people may forget about this important election day.
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The phone lines at the Jefferson County Board of Registrars were jammed all day with calls from voters looking for their correct polling places, and voting machines jammed from time to time, said Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk Anne-Marie Adams, one of three members of the county elections committee.But those problems were solved quickly, she said.

Even bad weather didn't turn out to be much of a problem.In the past, rain has been an Election Day "curse," Adams said.

Jefferson County Circuit Clerk Anne-Marie Adams estimated that about 150 people still were on the fourth floor of the courthouse as of 5 p.m. Adams said her office processed the last of those voters at 6, and it was a sometimes chaotic day with some learning they had come to the wrong place.

Others waited as long as two hours to vote absentee due to verification of applications and some names being lost in the stacks of forms.

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The circuit clerk's office has received about 10,000 absentee ballots so far, with about 400 arriving in the mail on Thursday, Adams said.

She estimated her staff could process about 12,000 absentee ballots this year. (In 2004, she estimated that total was 6,800.)

"This is unbelievable," Adams said.
"We've never had anything like this."

Despite the workload, Adams said she was excited with the turnout.

"I hope people always vote like this," she said.

The scene on the fourth floor was sometimes hectic.

Election workers rushed through the crowd to accommodate voters.
Some voters stood, others sat in chairs or on the floor.
People who were sick and those in wheelchairs were moved to the front of the line, Adams said.